Monday, October 18, 2010

As is most often the case, it rained on my border operation last weekend. I was even more prepared for foul weather than the last time. No sooner was my tent up, when the thunder and lightning delivered a downpour. Despite the weather, our chef prepared a delicious beef brisket and mashed potatoes. The weather finally started to clear up at night fall.

As with previous patrols, there was a heavy concentration of Border Patrol in the Buenos Aires National wildlife Refuge(BANWR). Smugglers are really taking a chance if they try to come through this area.

On Saturday evening, we encountered a group of National Guardsmen near the border. They were sporting ACU’s and Air Force insignia. Most of them looked like they were barely out of high school. We stopped and spoke with them for a few minutes and wished them luck before we pushed on. I felt bad for those kids. I'm sure they were bored.

Although the National Guard has been deployed to the border, they are not permitted to engage drug smugglers or detain illegal aliens. They are there only to observe and report. I would be extremely disappointed if I were these kids.

Sunday 17 Oct. 2010, 1:30PM: While Thora, Steve,(the gentleman from Maryland) andmyself were breaking camp, a group of suspicious Mexican male subjects and one white guy parked near our camp. They were in a Dodge extra cab pick up. A vehicle typically used by drug and human smugglers. Two persons walked into the bush while the others waited.

It appeared that they were looking for something or someone. They were not hunters or bird watchers. Upon asking a few questions, they were caught in a lie.

My dog, Bailey rarely barks at anybody. For some reason, she didn’t like these people and strongly voiced her objection to them. It’s been my experience, that dogs are great judges of character. Their instincts are more accurate than human reasoning.

The Border Patrol was promptly notified and they made contact with the subjects further south of our location. The Border Patrol agent stopped by afterwards to thank us for being out there. It's still unknown what these individuals were up to, but their information is now in the system for future use.

Assassins sent to “take out” bandits in Vekol Valley

On May 13th of this year, the US Department of Homeland Security sent out an email to several law enforcement agencies regarding intelligence information they had developed. The information was not disseminated to the general public as it was deemed “law enforcement sensitive.”

Two days ago, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by a local news entity that had the information contained in the email regarding “assassins being sent to take out bandits in Vekol Valley” which is located in western Pinal County. The news entity had confirmed the information through other law enforcement agencies both on a local and federal level.http://maricopa360.com/?p=9556

This “memo” sat around since May collecting dust while myself and others are out patrolling this area. What about the safety of the recreational users of this public land? It would have been nice to know that assassins were out there along with the drug and human smugglers. I would have brought more ammunition.

DHS Memo: Drug Cartels Plot To Send Assassins To AZ

PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. -- Mexican drug cartels have plotted to send assassins into Arizona to murder bandits who are stealing drugs from the cartels, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by CBS 5 News.

A CBS 5 News law enforcement source said the memo was sent to several law enforcement agencies in May.

The memo said, "We just received information from a proven credible confidential source who reported that a meeting was held in Puerto Penasco in which every smuggling organization who utilizes the Vekol Valley was told to attend. This included rival groups within the Guzman cartel."

Oddly, the release of this story comes at a time where Sheriff Babeu is looking for $1 million to fund his border and immigration enforcement team. Since the public is directly at risk, why weren’t they informed way back in May? As much as I support this sheriff, he’s still an elected politician and us citizens are nothing more than pawns.

Border Patrol agents have been ordered out of the major drug smuggling area where we operate by the brass at the Tucson Sector. Complain here: 520-748-3000

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Quotations

We can have peace and security only as long as we band together to preserve that most priceless possession, our inheritance of European blood, only so long as we guard ourselves against dilution by foreign races. It is time to turn from our quarrels and to build our White ramparts again. This alliance with foreign races means nothing but death to us. It is our turn to guard our heritage..before we become engulfed in a limitless foreign sea.

--Charles A. Lindbergh Readers Digest, Nov. 1939

Rudyard Kipling's Insight

The Wrath of the Awakened Saxon

It was not part of their blood It came to them very lateWith long arrears to make good,When the SAXONS began to hate,

They were not easily moved,They were icy-willing to waitTill every count should be proved

Ere the SAXONS began to hate.Their voices were even and low,Their eyes were level and straight,There was neither sign nor show,

When the SAXONS began to hate.It was not preached to the crowdIt was not taught by the State,No man spoke it aloud,When the SAXONS began to hate.

It was not suddenly bred,It will not swiftly abateThrough the chilled years aheadWhen Time shall count from the dateThat the SAXONS began to hate."

The Strangerby Rudyard Kipling (1908.. but timeless perspective on immigration.)

The Stranger within my gate,He may be true or kind,But he does not talk my talk—I cannot feel his mind.I see the face and the eyes and the mouth,But not the soul behind.

The men of my own stock,They may do ill or well,But they tell the lies I am wonted to,They are used to the lies I tell;And we do not need interpretersWhen we go to buy or sell.

The Stranger within my gates,He may be evil or good,But I cannot tell what powers control—What reasons sway his mood;Nor when the Gods of his far-off landShall repossess his blood.

The men of my own stock,Bitter bad they may be,But, at least, they hear the things I hear,And see the things I see;And whatever I think of them and their likes

They think of the likes of me.This was my father's beliefAnd this is also mine:Let the corn be all one sheaf—

And the grapes be all one vine,Ere our children's teeth are set on edgeBy bitter bread and wine.

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